No Ordinary Time

  wartime riots and, 444–48, 539

  see also Japanese-Americans; Jews; Negroes

  Ragnhild, Princess of Norway, 149

  Randolph, A. Philip, 161, 165, 167, 168–69, 170, 171, 173, 227

  ER’s relationship with, 253

  March on Washington concept and 247–52

  Waller controversy and, 351–52, 353

  rationing, 339–40, 355–59, 384, 394, 450

  Rauh, Joe, 252, 610

  Rawlings, Marjorie, 218

  Rayburn, Sam, 44, 159, 268

  Read, Elizabeth, 18, 207, 208, 338, 412–13

  rearmament controversy, see aid to Allies

  Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 32, 260

  Red Cross, 82, 83, 85, 88, 380, 382, 463

  Red Oak, Iowa, 436

  refugee crisis, 82, 98–105, 172–76, 628

  Congress and, 99–100, 455

  ER and, 82, 98–105, 172–76

  FDR and, 102, 103–4

  fifth column and, 103

  Long’s obstructionism and, 173–175

  President’s Advisory Committee and, 104, 172–73, 174

  Quanza episode and, 174

  St. Louis affair and, 102

  State Department and, 99, 100–101, 103, 104, 172–73, 396

  Reilly, Mike, 188–89, 272, 362, 406, 408, 473, 475, 572, 598–99

  Relph, Anne, 605

  Republican Party, U.S., 47, 72, 141, 164, 202, 228–29, 268, 384, 385, 467–470, 525, 530, 546–48

  Reuben James, 282

  Reuther, Walter, 196–97, 362, 451, 466, 469, 557, 559

  revenue bill, 486–87

  Reynaud, Paul, 41, 42, 67

  Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 15

  Rico, Charles, 521–22

  “right to fight,” 165

  Robey, Ralph, 157–58

  Robinson, Corinne, 91, 375, 377

  Rochon, Ann, 307, 400, 413, 490, 534, 535–36

  Rommel, Erwin, 389, 391, 436

  Roosevelt, Alice, 96, 376

  Roosevelt, Anna (daughter), 9, 118, 120, 306, 338, 372, 373, 412, 467, 542, 554

  Boettiger’s correspondence with, 438, 466, 479, 480, 481, 498, 504, 568, 574, 575, 579, 583, 588

  Boettiger’s decision to serve and, 409–10, 424

  Churchill’s Shangri-la visit described by, 438–39

  Clementine Churchill’s first meeting with, 545–46

  D-Day speech and, 507

  described, 181–82

  on ER-FDR relationship, 373, 629–630

  on ER-Lash relationship, 122

  on ER-Sara Roosevelt relationship, 275

  on ER’s personality, 375–76

  ER’s relationship with, 36, 82, 99, 135, 180–82, 205–6, 223, 237, 240, 270, 274, 276, 277, 289, 312, 458, 466, 472–74, 504, 611–12, 632–33

  Farley’s admiration for, 589

  FDR’s death and, 598, 601, 604

  FDR’s inspection tour and, 366–68

  FDR’s physical decline and, 493, 499, 502–4

  FDR’s relationship with, 16, 451–53, 479–81, 488–89, 503–4, 517, 588

  Hickok’s correspondence with, 36

  on LeHand’s illness, 243–44

  LeHand’s relationship with, 155–156

  Mclntire and, 493, 579, 604

  Mercer’s relationship with, 181, 519–20, 611, 631–32

  1944 election eve and, 550, 551

  with Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 181, 182, 452

  secret FDR-Mercer meetings and, 517–21, 591, 592, 630

  Thompson’s correspondence with, 84, 89, 101, 191, 279, 280, 457, 461

  Teal launching and, 367–68

  at Teamsters speech, 547–49

  Teheran Conference and, 471–72

  thirty-eighth birthday of, 501

  in Time, 491

  as White House hostess, 437–38, 488–91, 588–89

  at Yalta Conference, 573–74, 576, 577, 578–79, 584

  Roosevelt, Anna Hall, 91–94

  Roosevelt, Anne Lindsay Clark, 178, 529

  Roosevelt, Betsey Cushing Whitney, 154, 177, 452, 489

  Roosevelt, Curtis Dall (Buzz), 36, 81–82, 120, 178, 179, 182, 241, 277, 310, 361, 367, 568, 614

  Roosevelt, Eleanor:

  Anna’s role as White House hostess and, 489–90

  assessment of, 627–29

  children of, 97, 177–80

  Choate address of, 29–30

  critics of, 204–5, 628

  described, 19, 204

  early years of, 89–96

  end of war and, 621–22

  father’s relationship with, 92–93

  FDR-Churchill relationship as viewed by, 310–11

  FDR-LeHand relationship and, 116, 120–21

  FDR-Sara relationship as perceived by 74, 79–80

  on FDR’s character, 23

  FDR’s death and, 603–5

  on FDR’s illness, 17

  FDR’s relationship with, see Eleanor-Franklin relationship

  FDR’s stab-in-the-back speech and, 67–68

  female friends of, 207–9

  as first lady of New York, 89–90

  four freedoms speech and, 201–2

  Hall’s death and, 270, 278–80

  health of, 541

  inspection tours of, 27–29; see also British tour; Caribbean tour; South Pacific tour

  left-wing organizations and, 83–84

  Lucy-Anna relationship discovered by, 611–14

  Lucy Mercer affair and, 10, 19–20, 98, 120, 181, 207, 220, 377–78

  Mecca Temple speech of, 84

  newspaper column of, see “My Day”

  personality of, 92, 373–74

  phobias of, 82–83, 374

  political emergence of, 208–9

  popularity of, 19, 86, 379, 383, 397

  psychological depression of, 84–85, 87, 89–91, 95, 98, 105, 467–68

  public persona of, 36, 222, 617

  radio show of, 281, 291

  role of first lady and, 10–11, 91, 98, 109–10, 204, 223, 311, 617

  Sara Roosevelt’s death and, 272–76

  sexual inhibition of, 20

  on third-term issue, 108–9

  travel disliked by, 409

  Washington Square apartment of, 336–37, 550, 618

  watercolor of FDR and, 630–31

  working day of, 36, 302

  Roosevelt, Elliott (ER’s father), 92–95

  Roosevelt, Elliott (son), 36, 39, 88, 120, 121, 178–79, 198–99, 241–42, 245, 277, 303, 426, 452–53, 536, 553, 613, 633

  at Atlantic Conference, 265, 267

  at Casablanca Conference, 403, 405

  Eleanor-Franklin relationship and, 568–69

  Emerson married by, 561

  ER’s British tour and, 383

  on FDR-Anna relationship, 489–90

  Teheran Conference and, 471, 473–475, 480

  Roosevelt, Elliott, Jr. (ER’s brother), 92, 93, 94–95, 277

  Roosevelt, Ethel du Pont, 178, 278, 568

  Roosevelt, Faye Emerson, 480, 561, 568

  Roosevelt, Franklin D.:

  angina attacks of, 537, 547

  assessment of, 606–11

  attitude of, toward subordinates, 24

  birthdays of, 317, 574–75

  birth of, 76

  business community’s hostility toward, 53–54

  Caribbean vacation of, 191–93

  childhood of, 74–77

  civil rights leaders’ meeting with, 168–69, 171

  collecting as interest of, 108

  death of, 602–3, 613–15

  described, 14

  diary on movements of, 434–35

  ER’s relationship with, see Eleanor-Franklin relationship

  evasiveness of, 79

  failures of, 610–11

  fear of fire of, 16

  fireside chats of, see fireside chats

  fourth inaugural of, 571–73

  at Groton, 78, 273

 
at Harvard, 78–79, 96

  inspection tours of, see inspection tours; national inspection tour

  leadership of, 10, 24, 46–47, 234–235, 294, 320, 606–7, 610

  LeHand’s death and, 537

  LeHand’s stroke and, 244–45

  Mercer and personality of, 377

  national morale and, 349

  new liberal party idea of, 525–26

  nightly rituals of, 13–14, 15, 16, 17

  personality of, 16–17, 23, 35, 77–78, 79, 80, 203, 245

  physical decline of, 202–3, 235–36, 244, 418, 491–97, 502–3, 516–17, 520–21, 537, 547, 570, 587–88, 596–97

  polio of, 10, 13, 16–17, 80, 98, 115–118, 180, 492, 507–8, 532–33, 568, 586–87

  political career of, 16

  portrait of, 433–34, 435

  possible successors to, 106–7

  press and, 25–27, 586–87

  private railroad car of, 360

  public opinion and, 236, 255

  race relations and, 163–65, 168–69, 171

  religion and, 393–94

  response of, to criticism, 390

  ritual cocktail hour of, 34, 74, 419

  royal visit and, 73–74

  Sara’s death and, 273–74

  South Carolina vacation of, 497–500

  special automobile of, 119

  speeches of, see speeches of FDR

  “splendid deception” of, 586–87

  travel’s appeal to, 409

  on women in war industries, 373

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr., 67, 69, 156, 178, 187, 189, 198, 205–6, 207, 234, 278, 285, 349, 386, 403, 405, 468, 471, 473–74, 479, 480–81, 553, 579, 600, 613

  Roosevelt, Hall, 92, 93, 198, 270, 276–280, 405

  Roosevelt, James (FDR’s father), 75–79, 273

  Roosevelt, James (son), 16, 118, 121, 151, 155, 176–78, 246, 275, 279, 290, 371, 452, 500, 525, 529–30, 531, 553, 571–73, 588, 600, 613–614, 620, 629–30

  Roosevelt, James R. “Rosy,” 76

  Roosevelt, John, 178, 179–80, 189, 205–6, 529, 553, 613

  Roosevelt, Martha Bulloch, 91, 162

  Roosevelt, Minnewa Bell, 178

  Roosevelt, Mrs. Kermit, 500

  Roosevelt, Romelle Schneider, 177, 452, 600

  Roosevelt, Ruth Goggins, 426, 492

  Roosevelt, Sara Delano, 10, 18, 73–80, 124, 135, 151, 188, 197, 205, 209, 244, 373, 375, 481

  Arias incident and, 207

  death of, 270–76

  ER-FDR marriage and, 79–80

  ER’s relationship with, 109, 118, 179–80, 206–9, 237, 273–74

  Farley’s visit and, 110–11, 112

  FDR-LeHand relationship and, 116

  FDR’s relationship with, 74, 77–80

  marriage of, 75–76

  Mercer affair and, 19–20

  Mother’s Day broadcast of, 237

  Princess Martha and, 152–53

  royal visit and, 73–74

  Top Cottage resented by, 108

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 71, 80, 91, 93, 96, 282, 310, 376, 500, 607

  Roosevelt, Theodore, Sr., 91, 96

  Rosenberg, Anna, 250, 251, 281, 324, 373, 629

  Rosenman, Dorothy, 155, 399

  Rosenman, Sam, 22, 120, 138, 186, 201, 312, 320, 386, 390, 399, 448, 457, 526, 527, 541, 551, 587

  “arsenal of democracy” speech and, 195

  FDR’s attempt to walk observed by, 547

  on FDR’s D-Day speech, 510

  FDR’s hospital visit observed by, 532–33

  FDR’s personality observed by, 46, 78, 125, 187

  FDR’s “small memorial” conversation with, 517

  FDR’s speech style recalled by, 58

  Jewish refugees and, 455

  on LeHand, 119, 297, 336

  national emergency speech and, 238

  1940 election and, 113, 115, 128, 129, 131–32, 133, 134

  at Teamsters speech, 547, 549

  on Watson’s role, 584

  Yalta speech and, 583–84

  Rosenwald Fund, 328

  Rosie the Riveter, 364–65, 556

  Rowe, James, 24, 171, 242

  rubber, rubber shortage, 355–59, 450

  Ruchames, Louis, 541

  Rutherfurd, Barbara, 433–34, 435, 542, 600

  Rutherfurd, Lucy, see Mercer, Lucy P.

  Rutherfurd, Winthrop, 376–77, 433, 434, 435, 499

  Rutherfurd family, 433–34

  Sachs, Alexander, 346–47, 590

  St. Louis, 102

  St. Louis Post Dispatch, 148

  Saipan, Battle of, 531, 589

  Sakhalin Island, 582

  Salerno, Battle of, 470

  San Francisco Conference (1945), 595–96, 619

  Saturday Evening Post, 120, 181, 215, 417

  Savannah, Ga., 521

  Savannah News, 540

  Savo Island, Battle of, 468

  Sawyers, Frank, 254–55

  Scarborough, Jane, 536–37

  Schlesinger, Arthur, 15

  Schmeling, Max, 240

  Schneider, Romelle, 177, 452, 600

  Seagraves, Eleanor (Sistie), 151, 223, 361, 367, 568, 600, 628–29

  Seale, William, 305

  Sea Lion, Operation, 152

  Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 181, 409, 489, 632

  second front, 342–45, 404

  Secret Service, U.S., 298, 305, 362, 391, 474, 497, 542, 591, 615

  Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), 56, 481–82, 526–27

  Security Council, U.N., 580

  See Here, Private Hargrove (Hargrove), 359

  Selective Service Act (1940), 147, 149, 157, 217, 267–69

  Selective Service System (SSS), 295

  see also conscription

  Senate, New York State, 108

  Senate, U.S., 44, 147

  anti-lynching bill in, 163–64

  GI Bill passed by, 512

  national service bill in, 589

  Neutrality Acts amended in, 283

  1942 election and, 385

  rationing system and, 357

  selective service legislation and, 139, 149

  Smith-Connally Act and, 441–43

  Senior Scholastic, 623

  Shafer, George, 228–29

  Shangri-la (Camp David), 385–86, 392, 438, 448, 518, 521

  Sherman, William, 524

  Sherwood, Robert, 31, 37, 88, 120, 194, 195, 235–36, 238, 256, 283, 319, 393, 399, 448, 509, 545, 551, 552, 588, 605

  shipping, 318–19, 449

  Shirer, William, 151, 359, 564, 583

  “shoot on sight” policy, 278

  Short, Walter, 50, 51, 293

  Shoumatoff, Elizabeth, 375, 433, 435, 542, 591, 600, 601, 602, 631

  Sicily, 404–5, 409, 437, 439, 448–49, 460, 468

  Siddle, R. G., 351

  silk shortage, 372

  Singapore, 317, 343

  Sledgehammer, Operation, 342

  Sloan, James, 185–86

  Small Business Act (1942), 398–99

  Smith, Al, 118, 412

  Smith, Chesterfield, 513

  Smith, Harold, 57, 570, 589, 591

  Smith, Merriman, 25, 366, 497, 500, 548, 552, 599, 600, 612

  Smith, Walter Bedell, 65, 438

  Smith-Connally Act (1943), 441–43, 539

  Sobibor concentration camp, 396

  Socialist Party, U.S., 122

  social-security tax, 486

  Sojourner Truth project, 326–28, 446

  Soldier’s Wife (play), 556

  Somervell, Brehon, 218, 366, 387, 388, 446, 558

  Sorensen, Charles, 230, 363

  South Carolina Post, 540

  South Pacific tour, 457–58, 462–66

  South Portland Shipbuilding, 414

  Soviet Union, 23, 122, 304, 396, 461, 551

  “Declaration by United Nations” signed by, 313

  Dumbarton Oaks Conference and, 580

  Far East claims of, 582 />
  German invasion of, 253–55

  lend-lease and, 262, 477–78

  Polish question and, 581

  postwar unity and, 470

  second front and, 342, 344

  U.N. Security Council structure and, 580–81, 587, 599

  U.S. aid to, 255–58, 262, 404, 477–478

  and war with Japan, 477, 580, 582, 621

  World War II casualties of, 621

  Spain, 23, 103, 104, 382, 543, 562

  Spanish-American War, 310

  Spanish Civil War, 382

  speeches of FDR, 308

  “arsenal of democracy,” 194–96

  Convention Hall, 400

  on cross-Channel invasion, 506, 507

  “fifty thousand planes,” 44–45

  first inaugural, 46

  fourth inaugural, 572–73

  to FPA, 550–51

  on Greer incident, 277–78

  to joint session of Congress (1940), 40–41, 44–45, 103

  “live in infamy,” 291, 294, 295

  “Martin, Barton and Fish,” 185

  1942 State of the Union, 313, 318

  1944 acceptance, 529–30

  1944 State of the Union, 484–85

  1945 State of the Union, 589

  “no foreign war” pledge, 187–88

  to Pan American Scientific Congress, 37–38

  second inaugural, 42

  stab-in-the-back speech of, 67–69

  to Teamsters, 547–49

  third inaugural speech of, 209–10

  on unlimited national emergency, 237–40, 609

  Speer, Albert, 72–73, 419–20

  Stagg, J. M., 507, 508

  Stalin, Joseph, 254, 348, 479, 620

  Casablanca Conference and, 403

  FDR’s death and, 605

  FDR’s first meeting with, 475

  first Quebec Conference and, 461

  Hopkins’s talks with, 257

  Polish issue and, 597–98

  second front and, 342, 343–44, 404

  at Teheran Conference, 471, 475–76

  at Yalta Conference, 573, 577–78, 580–82, 585

  Stalingrad, Battle of, 384, 403–4, 437

  Stark, Harold, 22, 70, 139, 233, 263, 286, 289

  Stars and Stripes, 440

  State Department, U.S., 18, 67, 211, 254, 261, 293, 335, 602, 605, 628

  atomic bomb and, 590

  refugee crisis and, 99, 100–101, 103, 104, 172–73, 396

  Stettinius’s appointments at, 562–63

  State of the Union speeches:

  of 1942, 313, 318

  of 1944, 484–85

  of 1945, 589

  Stettinius, Edward, 45, 55, 67, 259, 514, 562, 576–78, 585, 591, 597, 604

  Stewart, Irma, 556

  Stifle, Daniel, 436

  Stifle, Frank, 436

  Stifle, Mae, 436

  Stilwell, Joseph W., 461

  Stimson, Henry, 48, 56, 139, 142, 156, 157, 193, 203, 227, 232, 255, 261, 265, 266, 268, 282, 286, 292, 294, 303, 439, 609

  appointed Secretary of War, 71–72